The Energists Fills Senior Position with Al-Rashed Group
May 21, 2025 – Houston-based The Energists has helped Al-Rashed Group to recruit Andy Hendry to the role of managing director of the Oil & Gas Business, a cornerstone division within one of Kuwait’s most well-established diversified private enterprises. The search team comprised Jonathan Hill, Jerry D. Kurinsky, and Dipika Patel, who leaned on The Energists’ intrinsic global energy solutions network to deliver this outcome. “The Energists delivered exactly what they promised: a streamlined process, exceptional candidates, and a perfect fit for our leadership needs,” said Chris Hutton, deputy CEO Al-Rashed Group Holding. “From our first meeting, it was clear they understood the complexities of our industry. That, coupled with their professionalism and responsiveness, made what could have been a challenging search into a smooth and productive partnership. We’re delighted with Andy’s appointment and The Energists’ role in bringing this key leader to our team.”
“His command of cross-border growth, joint venture orchestration, and operational execution makes him particularly well-aligned with Al-Rashed’s vision for long-term, high-impact partnerships in energy,” The Energists said in a LinkedIn post. “With a strong foundation in the Middle East and North Africa region and a history of unlocking value across cycles, Andy is uniquely suited to steward the next phase of growth for the business.”
Mr. Hendry is a proven leader in the global oilfield services and drilling sector, having held executive leadership roles at Schlumberger, Smith International, KCA Deutag, and most recently as executive vice president at TAQA in Saudi Arabia. He has scaled complex businesses across the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Europe, earning a reputation for achieving results by building high-performing teams and leading with clarity. Both strategist and operator, Mr. Hendry brings expertise in drilling, integration, and commercial transformation.
Al-Rashed Group Holding Company is one of Kuwait’s leading family owned Groups. Through it’s subsidiary companies Al-Rashed Holdings has a number of strategic divisions focusing on: Major Oil, Gas, Utilities Power and Infrastructure Projects; Building Materials, Oil Sector Services, Equipment Supply, and Logistics as well as number of smaller specialist business units.
The Energists is a boutique executive search firm focused on the energy sector. Its client list is diverse across the energy industry, geographies, and business scenarios. A boutique, high integrity firm established in 1979, The Energists operates exclusively within the energy industry. Its staff comprises accomplished industry professionals and leaders, each with their own area of expertise.
Since inception, The Energists has developed a reputation for identifying and recruiting high impact technical and leadership talent for notable organizations within the energy domain. They are focused on the talent needs within the sector including power and utilities (conventional, renewable, and storage); upstream, midstream, and downstream oil & gas; oilfield services and equipment (OFSE), consulting (EPCs), transportation (air/land/sea – multi-modal), investment banking, and non-bank financial services including private equity and debt (RBL/ABL).
Mr. Hill is managing partner of The Energists. With 25 years of energy industry experience before moving to executive search in 2015 , he has partnered with a broad variety of publicly traded, governmental, privately owned, and fund backed clients. Mr. Hill has supported executive search clients in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific and has deep expertise in upstream oil & gas, energy & utilities, banking, manufacturing, and transportation (including midstream).
Mr. Kurinsky, partner, is a former global energy and industrials corporate executive with over 25 years of operational experience in upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas, power and utilities, chemical and petrochemical, and manufacturing. His prior role was SVP of international operations for Team, a provider of integrated specialty industrial services covering critical assets in the refining, petrochemical, pipeline, conventional and renewable power, and other industries.
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Ms. Patel joined The Energists as a consultant having previously pivoted into recruitment for technical, IT, accounting & finance, light & industrial, customer service, and healthcare. Currently focused on our search mandates within the power, utilities, and renewables, she leverages her early career engineering and technology experiences to great effect.
New Service for the Energy Sector
The Energists recently launched Tall Trees Talent, a contingent recruitment service designed to address the evolving needs of the energy sector. The services was designed to exemplify The Energists’ commitment to offering comprehensive hiring solutions, complementing the firm’s executive search capabilities.
“Tall Trees Talent reflects our dedication to meeting the dynamic challenges of the energy sector,” said Mr. Hill. “This service enables us to offer scalable, customized recruitment solutions that seamlessly align with our executive search offerings, ensuring that our clients’ talent needs are met at every organizational level.”
Building on decades of expertise in the global energy sector, Tall Trees Talent is tailored to support organizations in identifying, evaluating and hiring senior professionals for pivotal roles below the executive level. With a shared back office, this new service leverages The Energists’ industry knowledge and network. “It was nice to get things off the ground with several new clients when we piloted in December last year.” said Ken Nelson, senior consultant at Tall Trees Talent. Since then, we have taken on mandates from existing Energists clients, for roles that would not have been supported before now.”
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
